Patents by Inventor Samuel J. Albert

Samuel J. Albert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Reporting compromised email accounts
    Patent number: 9058592
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a method for detecting compromised accounts. The method includes receiving a communication from a sender's account to a recipient. The sender's account is associated with a sender. The method also includes presenting a compromised account reporting interface to the recipient based on specific conditions. Further, the method includes receiving a selection by the recipient indicating the sender's account is compromised. The method also includes determining that the sender's account is compromised based on the selection. Additionally, the method includes generating, in response to a selection by the recipient, a report indicating that the account is compromised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Krish Vitaldevara, Jason Walter, Eliot Gillum, Hersh Dangayach, Samuel J. Albert
  • REPORTING COMPROMISED EMAIL ACCOUNTS
    Publication number: 20120278887
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a method for detecting compromised accounts. The method includes receiving a communication from a sender's account to a recipient. The sender's account is associated with a sender. The method also includes presenting a compromised account reporting interface to the recipient based on specific conditions. Further, the method includes receiving a selection by the recipient indicating the sender's account is compromised. The method also includes determining that the sender's account is compromised based on the selection. Additionally, the method includes generating, in response to a selection by the recipient, a report indicating that the account is compromised.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Krish Vitaldevara, Jason Walter, Eliot Gillum, Hersh Dangayach, Samuel J. Albert